Apple resellers offered to sell me a 3 year-extended warranty on a laptop that I had bought not from them, but second-hand (almost 2 years old at that time), out of the newspaper. So, if you have no warranty, you might still buy one cause I don't even think the resellers look at your computer before they sell you another warranty. Only catch is that you cannot use the warranty right away. I think you have to wait 90 days. Depending on the difference between paying for a repair bill and buying the warranty, the wait might be worth it. I'm not certain they don't look at your computer, but that was the impression they gave me. I was surprised to learn that they would sell me a warranty on something that wasn't brand new. Seems to me when you buy the macs, resellers, generally, tell you to buy an extended at time of sale, or you lose the opportunity, but I did ask at a number of shops and that isn't the case. Anyway, good luck.